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host: in this weekend's edition of the wall street journal, mitch mcconnell is interviewed. the headline is, we have a mandate not to raise taxes. they quote the republican senator as saying, i am not willing to raise taxes to turn out to be sequestered. -- to turn off the sequestered. - sequester. -- sequester. are you in agreement with senator mcconnell that this is not a mandate to raise taxes and if they cannot come to some kind of compromise, they should go ahead with the sequestered? guest: i have said before that i do not think raising taxes is the answer. we need to talk about cutting spending. i do not know what the answer is. on the sequester, i heard someone say this morning on cnn or fox that without a cut in spending, our gdp would be 1.3%. our economy is anemic right now. we need to do things that are necessary to get rid of these burdensome regulations and put some lower taxes -- let corporations close the tax loopholes and generate revenue that way. we need policies in place. businesses do not operate on twelvemonth plants. they operate on three, five, 10 you
host: in this weekend's edition of the wall street journal, mitch mcconnell is interviewed. the headline is, we have a mandate not to raise taxes. they quote the republican senator as saying, i am not willing to raise taxes to turn out to be sequestered. -- to turn off the sequestered. - sequester. -- sequester. are you in agreement with senator mcconnell that this is not a mandate to raise taxes and if they cannot come to some kind of compromise, they should go ahead with the sequestered?...
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host: yesterday, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. this front page of the washington times -- let's get to your calls and comments. john has this -- vanessa's on the republican line from arizona. caller: i wasa just watching -- i was just watching the massachusetts debate, and i know this is not what this is about. congress has not been doing any progression or progress, because no one can seem to agree on anything. host: we will share what harry reid said that affected the senate agenda in a moment. one of our viewers had this to say -- next is darnell joining us from kansas. caller: it is a do nothing congress because of the republicans' unwillingness to compromise on matters that are very important to america. they absolutely refused to do the work of the american people. i cannot believe mr. mcconnell is talking about the president the way he is, because he is the main person -- he is the leader of the republican senate. we all know the statement that he made. it is just a shame. the folks that both these guys in, but the party, t
host: yesterday, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. this front page of the washington times -- let's get to your calls and comments. john has this -- vanessa's on the republican line from arizona. caller: i wasa just watching -- i was just watching the massachusetts debate, and i know this is not what this is about. congress has not been doing any progression or progress, because no one can seem to agree on anything. host: we will share what harry reid said that affected the senate...
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mitch mcconnell expected it to work. committee met. the mechanism was to come up with this deficit reduction. and if you don't, we'll have sequestration, means forced spending cuts immediately in 2013 in a way that is decided tchet, soth a hachet everyone gets cut. the super committee failed. james from louisiana. caller: who do you think is calling the shots in the white house? the thing it is valerie jarrett other end of the chicago machine. guest: the president is calling the shots. he is heavily influenced and the man who ran his successful campaign in 2008, the senior adviser and has the office closest to the oval office. jogger free is very significant -- geography is very significant. when there is a decision to be made, he ways and with the political angle. i would say his influence, valerie jarrett plays a role. there are many other people. the congressional liaison plays a significant role in all of these. i layout exactly what happened, what we used to call the best obtainable version of the truth and it is often emotional.
mitch mcconnell expected it to work. committee met. the mechanism was to come up with this deficit reduction. and if you don't, we'll have sequestration, means forced spending cuts immediately in 2013 in a way that is decided tchet, soth a hachet everyone gets cut. the super committee failed. james from louisiana. caller: who do you think is calling the shots in the white house? the thing it is valerie jarrett other end of the chicago machine. guest: the president is calling the shots. he is...
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also, one has been the role of senator mitch mcconnell? guest: the line that comes from the speakers office all the time is the line of communication remain open. i don't know how much talking they did as the president was in hawaii spending time with his family and the speaker was back home in ohio, i believe. i don't know that for sure. everyone was doing their family time and not really working that significantly on something. i think there was probably some minimal conversation, but not a lot. as for the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, i think that is a good one. a lot has been made in the past few days about him taking a higher profile role in these negotiations. while i don't like prognosticating into the future, we can look at the past in some of the previous negotiations of congress and the kind of role he has played. almost all of these talks, whether it was about government shutdown in the spring of 2011 or the debt limit debate in the summer of 2011 or the payroll tax-cut debate last year, those negotiations started at a
also, one has been the role of senator mitch mcconnell? guest: the line that comes from the speakers office all the time is the line of communication remain open. i don't know how much talking they did as the president was in hawaii spending time with his family and the speaker was back home in ohio, i believe. i don't know that for sure. everyone was doing their family time and not really working that significantly on something. i think there was probably some minimal conversation, but not a...
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finally, mitch mcconnell has stayed on offense. on the senate floor on friday he argued the democrats poisoned the well by declaring boehner's plan be dead on arrival. >> and he is up for reelection in 2014. by all polling, it looks like it will be a lot tougher. he also has a colleague in rand paul, who is a tea party youier. you put all those factors together and it could be that mcconnell may have to step up because that is what you have to do to get some sort of deal at the moment, we have not seen that happen. host: from mark williams, what will be specifically affected in the economy if we go over the cliff? guest: instead of giving you my own numbers, let me use the congressional budget office estimates. if we go over the cliff, and if the clip stays in place for the whole year -- clef stays in place for the whole year, gdp will go into negative territory. that will push this into a short-term recession. economic growth below zero. on of london will rise from the corral levels to about 9%. that is short-term. -- unemployed u
finally, mitch mcconnell has stayed on offense. on the senate floor on friday he argued the democrats poisoned the well by declaring boehner's plan be dead on arrival. >> and he is up for reelection in 2014. by all polling, it looks like it will be a lot tougher. he also has a colleague in rand paul, who is a tea party youier. you put all those factors together and it could be that mcconnell may have to step up because that is what you have to do to get some sort of deal at the moment, we...
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thank you, leader mitch mcconnell. now we will welcome the former governor of mississippi, haley barbour. [applause] having a word with the leader. we will let them check. good morning, governor. very kind of you. welcome to "politico" playbook breakfast. welcome our lives stream and c- span audience out there. you were in the hall last night. >> i was. >> we are grateful to have you. what was it like in the hall? >> high-energy. i thought the feel of the place changed when ann romney came on. i had expected it, but it was clear. >> how much can she help? >> millions watched on tv knowing what we all know, a wife knows more about her husband than anyone else in the world times 10, and i thought she in a very easy-spoken way gave people a view into what the values, the views, the religion, the family, the philanthropy of her husband is. i thought it was positive and very helpful. >> you have a great doubt about the american people. >> a great -- gut about the american people. >> a great gut, you have that right. >> will
thank you, leader mitch mcconnell. now we will welcome the former governor of mississippi, haley barbour. [applause] having a word with the leader. we will let them check. good morning, governor. very kind of you. welcome to "politico" playbook breakfast. welcome our lives stream and c- span audience out there. you were in the hall last night. >> i was. >> we are grateful to have you. what was it like in the hall? >> high-energy. i thought the feel of the place...
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around, to run up a deficit, to lower taxes during the war, and then running for reelection, mitch mcconnell said at the single most important objective is to deny the president a second term, then to say he is responsible for this debt. i think the word is chutzpah. host: you are in a competitive race. is it the right decision to go home? guest: it is disastrous. we know what the budget deal looks like. it looks something like simpson- bowles. almost everybody understands that, yet john boehner is going to tell us to go home to campaign. the farm bill. in connecticut we do not interact with farmers that much, but there are many that depend on the farm bill all over this country. the senate passed a farm bill. the house majority is saying we would rather campaign. it is an outrage. we should stay here and get this stuff done. host: thank you for being here. congressman jim himes of connecticut. we'll be back with a deep dive into the new census report looking at household income and how it has flared over the past couple of years. we will be right back. -- favored over the past couple of yea
around, to run up a deficit, to lower taxes during the war, and then running for reelection, mitch mcconnell said at the single most important objective is to deny the president a second term, then to say he is responsible for this debt. i think the word is chutzpah. host: you are in a competitive race. is it the right decision to go home? guest: it is disastrous. we know what the budget deal looks like. it looks something like simpson- bowles. almost everybody understands that, yet john...
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the republican-led congress by john boehner, eric cantor, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell and all the rest of those nuts have done nothing but be on vacation for two-three years. they have done nothing. they have collected a nice prepaid check. we are paying for their health care. the only thing they have focused on, especially in the last two years has been taking away health care for women. brutalizing women. they have had a job at bill after job a bill setting their to be worked on and passed. the senate passed their version of the infrastructure bill that would have put millions of people back to work. it will turn it around and spend this and say obama did this or obama did this. he has put out his hand. every time he puts his hand out mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, mitt romney and all the rest of the nets to bite it. the wonder why we are at a fiscal cliff. we keep electing the rich get richer. i am barely hanging on into the middle class. this is ridiculous. i refuse to let the media spin this again and let the republicans get off scot-free. they have done nothing. if people were smart
the republican-led congress by john boehner, eric cantor, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell and all the rest of those nuts have done nothing but be on vacation for two-three years. they have done nothing. they have collected a nice prepaid check. we are paying for their health care. the only thing they have focused on, especially in the last two years has been taking away health care for women. brutalizing women. they have had a job at bill after job a bill setting their to be worked on and passed....
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it was mitch mcconnell that started this whole mess. i wish that somehow they could come up with a list of all the people who signed on to do this. i think the reason is they just cannot stand to have a man of color as president that is smarter than they are. that is what i think. thank you very much. host: thank you. albany. bud on twitter -- on the phone with us is a senate historian. don richey, we referenced that six years ago harry truman coined the phrase the do nothing congress. -- 60 years ago. can you tell us how this congress might be fairing with the amount of legislative work it's doing and the whole issue of compromise to move legislation forward? guest: it's not unusual when one house of congress is controlled by one party and the other half is controlled by the other party that it's not particularly productive. individually, the house and senate have passed a lot of bills. the only trouble is the constitution requires a half to be passed by both houses in exactly the same formica. the parties disagree with each other stro
it was mitch mcconnell that started this whole mess. i wish that somehow they could come up with a list of all the people who signed on to do this. i think the reason is they just cannot stand to have a man of color as president that is smarter than they are. that is what i think. thank you very much. host: thank you. albany. bud on twitter -- on the phone with us is a senate historian. don richey, we referenced that six years ago harry truman coined the phrase the do nothing congress. -- 60...
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it as part of our spotlight, we speak with ♪ host: mitch mcconnell says the best chance of republicans winning -- a 65% turnout in the recall election next tuesday. president obama will receive george w. bush and former first lady for their portrait. a question for you. it teacher ratings. a story in "usa today" asked if those rankings should be made public. we would like to find out, first of all, if they should be made public, and if you think that will improve the education in schools. here is how you can wait in this morning. if you want to give us a call, the number to call for our democrat line is 202-737-0001. the number to call for our republican line is 202-737-0002. the number to call for our independent line is 202-628- 0205. we have also set aside a line for teachers this morning. 202-628-0184. you can reach out to us on twitter this morning. or you can e-mail us at journal@c-span.org. we will read some of those in a moment. here is the story we're looking at. this is "usa today" this morning. host: should they be posted on the internet or otherwise? indeed think that will
it as part of our spotlight, we speak with ♪ host: mitch mcconnell says the best chance of republicans winning -- a 65% turnout in the recall election next tuesday. president obama will receive george w. bush and former first lady for their portrait. a question for you. it teacher ratings. a story in "usa today" asked if those rankings should be made public. we would like to find out, first of all, if they should be made public, and if you think that will improve the education in...
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we were talking about the contest on the hill between mitch mcconnell and the president of the united states on some issue. i said al, your boy is going to lose on this one. i call my sister and say your boy, mitt, is in some trouble. it's a common statement. we mentioned that the next morning on the network. host: msnbc and their decision that you would not be returning to the network. a lot of that has to do with this book that came in aout in october, "suicide of a superpower." guest: the day the book was launched, i showed up and i was not on the air. i went on back to my hotel. i was informed that i should stay off the air for a brief period, because i think the msnbc folks felt it was very controversial. they had read it. they were concerned about it. we had a terrific kickoff. we were number four on "the new york times" best sellers week. we were on fox business, c-span a number ofd syndicated shows. then i was off the air. i was not brought back. i was not brought back, and i have a few medical issues that put me out of action in november and december. january, i thought i wou
we were talking about the contest on the hill between mitch mcconnell and the president of the united states on some issue. i said al, your boy is going to lose on this one. i call my sister and say your boy, mitt, is in some trouble. it's a common statement. we mentioned that the next morning on the network. host: msnbc and their decision that you would not be returning to the network. a lot of that has to do with this book that came in aout in october, "suicide of a superpower."...
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mcconnell who said that was his chief goal. not to worked doing the work of the people, but to stop this black man. but i find that most of the people in elected politicians, like your first caller said. they refuse to take orders from a black man. it just goes against their blood. and then to put a label on democrats to say that we are communists, that we are socialists is a foolish. it is absolutely foolish. that is part of the problem we have and the political process. for all of this name-calling and instability is just wrong. again, getting back to your question. to have the hierarchy in the republican party on the night of the president's inauguration to try to stop him from being successful, had his race been white, had he been a better shade of white, then they would be so losing and applauding him. there would have his likeness on mount rushmore. they would salute him all over this country. host: let's get back to the question. we are talking about can any president succeed in this political world? he asks whether the
mcconnell who said that was his chief goal. not to worked doing the work of the people, but to stop this black man. but i find that most of the people in elected politicians, like your first caller said. they refuse to take orders from a black man. it just goes against their blood. and then to put a label on democrats to say that we are communists, that we are socialists is a foolish. it is absolutely foolish. that is part of the problem we have and the political process. for all of this...
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mitch mcconnell, he works to make sure he's a one-term president. and the one thing -- there's a racial component attached to that where the republicans say, we want to take the country back. i say they want to have a white president again. and in their opinion, people are being misled. there are a lot of lies in american politics. i just can't understand why america can have so rich -- >> appreciate you taking part in the program this morning. front page of the "chicago tribune," another picture of president obama with the headline, unity eludes him after obama failed to bridge the partisan divide, he sought to play up the shift in the public image. now the standoff in dc may help him get re-elected. that's one viewpoint here. the same text of the headline we had here. a little bit of the president yesterday in the iowa campaign. >> despite all of the challenges we face in the new century, what they offered over those three days was more often than not, an agenda that was better suited for the last cent rip. seen it before. might as well have watch
mitch mcconnell, he works to make sure he's a one-term president. and the one thing -- there's a racial component attached to that where the republicans say, we want to take the country back. i say they want to have a white president again. and in their opinion, people are being misled. there are a lot of lies in american politics. i just can't understand why america can have so rich -- >> appreciate you taking part in the program this morning. front page of the "chicago...
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which was part of the mcconnell decision in 2003. also, the austin vs. michigan chamber of commerce case, the underbelly of corporate contributions. they were trying to right a wrong that they felt the supreme court had left on the books. they asked us to come back and bring these bigger questions. in september we had another argument. january 21, two years ago, we had our decision. which was earth shattering for us. you want to hold on to something in court. little did i know that we would break down the house of cards that is mccain fine gold. host: i want to been to -- i want to read to the audience the direct impact. here are some of the figures from these political action committees that are aimed at electing republicans or helping the president restore our future, which is a pro mitt romney superpac. the president isn't urging supporters to contribute to his superpac, a change of position for the white house. host: the mint -- the supreme court, asking about corporations. guest: first of all, those numbers are fairly small. barack obama in 2008 spe
which was part of the mcconnell decision in 2003. also, the austin vs. michigan chamber of commerce case, the underbelly of corporate contributions. they were trying to right a wrong that they felt the supreme court had left on the books. they asked us to come back and bring these bigger questions. in september we had another argument. january 21, two years ago, we had our decision. which was earth shattering for us. you want to hold on to something in court. little did i know that we would...
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from what i hear from mitch mcconnell, i do not like. i am a kentucky citizen. it is about time for him to retire. i think mr. john boehner wants to work out a deal. i really do. he has to get through. kantor and some of the others on the extreme right. -- eric cantor and some of those on the right. i do not like the extremism. it is not helpful to the country at all. host: thank you for the call. we read this at the top of the program. on our twitter page, there is this -- nancy cook puts it this way. "game of chicken." her answer, probably not. george is on the phone from the line for republicans. caller: i just think when the voters spoke on the past election that we as citizens are being shortchanged. we vote our -- our constituents voted for representatives, but we are not being represented. in the last 30 days of the campaign, i decided to be an independent. i was not convinced everybody was being fairly treated with the tax cuts. therefore, i believe speaker john boehner, rip cantor, reid, and the president to sit down and realize we elected them to look
from what i hear from mitch mcconnell, i do not like. i am a kentucky citizen. it is about time for him to retire. i think mr. john boehner wants to work out a deal. i really do. he has to get through. kantor and some of the others on the extreme right. -- eric cantor and some of those on the right. i do not like the extremism. it is not helpful to the country at all. host: thank you for the call. we read this at the top of the program. on our twitter page, there is this -- nancy cook puts it...
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mitch mcconnell of its $2 million from the oil industry as a campaign contributions. i see the obama contribution as being an uplifting majority for middle and lower class americans. economically. another point i would like to make for -- as far as that rondos, in 1969 i was drafted and i went to vietnam. in 1969, mitt romney dodged the draft and went to the champagne valley of france to recruit for the ministry of the mormon church. the millions of young men and women of my generation that did fulfill our obligations to the military and the country should remember that. his sons will not serve. host: this is from twitter -- host: from seattle, "the reason is the professional as a nation of political philosophy." host of this comes from john, in lexington, ky. host: the president was speaking in atlanta this week, here are a portion of his remarks. caller -- [video clip] we need to do together those things that we do better together. [applause] so, we made investments in science and technology, investing in products that led to the internet, google. to our government,
mitch mcconnell of its $2 million from the oil industry as a campaign contributions. i see the obama contribution as being an uplifting majority for middle and lower class americans. economically. another point i would like to make for -- as far as that rondos, in 1969 i was drafted and i went to vietnam. in 1969, mitt romney dodged the draft and went to the champagne valley of france to recruit for the ministry of the mormon church. the millions of young men and women of my generation that did...
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the question i want to ask about tax reform, mitch mcconnell has claimed that the federal government will consume all the wealth in the nation in 13 months. in other words, if you took all of the rich in the nation and took everything they had, that is over in 13 months. is that not like feeding the stock for the next spring? is that with the democrats advocate? guest: i think the bush presidency was a disaster for conservatism, because he was not a conservative in the way people imagine. tax reform, i think it would be vital to help the economy, simplifying the tax code, flattening it did in some way. there will be disagreement on this, there should be agreement, as it should be both sides talking about it. closing loopholes, things like that. what was his final point -- final point about eating up all of the wealth? i do not think we will do that. i think we will take on debt, but the larger point is right, we're getting to the point where the wells will be as big as the debt pact with host: on tax reform, chris in alabama --f guest: i do not know why he would have the upper hand.
the question i want to ask about tax reform, mitch mcconnell has claimed that the federal government will consume all the wealth in the nation in 13 months. in other words, if you took all of the rich in the nation and took everything they had, that is over in 13 months. is that not like feeding the stock for the next spring? is that with the democrats advocate? guest: i think the bush presidency was a disaster for conservatism, because he was not a conservative in the way people imagine. tax...
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mitch mcconnell and check looby. this is a meeting that took place inside the cabinet room. they remember that inside friday afternoon the have a news conference which he came into the conference for an agreement he thought he had but failed. the president wanted additional taxes. the republican speaker said that was not possible. bob will be with us on monday morning to take your calls on his next book. vivian is on the phone. everything is being held up by the congress. they are not try to let anything go right. they said they want obama to fail. if this stuff as again, it is all because of the republican congressman. they want anything to go through. it is up to the republicans. thank you. host: john lason is the chair back from the convention in dealing with enough issues. the entitlement programs and a big program. medicare. democrats expected. i understand the affordable care act keeps it solvent for the first term. going out for the, when will we see an independent plan? host: additional 80 years. under the romney plan and will be a change as we know it by 2016. i thi
mitch mcconnell and check looby. this is a meeting that took place inside the cabinet room. they remember that inside friday afternoon the have a news conference which he came into the conference for an agreement he thought he had but failed. the president wanted additional taxes. the republican speaker said that was not possible. bob will be with us on monday morning to take your calls on his next book. vivian is on the phone. everything is being held up by the congress. they are not try to...
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that if he is elected president, we will see a gained, and yet this other calller stated earlier that mcconnell from day one said he would block anything the president does. if he is gone to do that, we see there is nothing getting done. mitt romney is president and says without even doing anything, there is planned to be an increase. this is crazy. i cannot believe we are living in america and hearing this. this shows who he really is. >> first of all, i am not sure -- i do not recall mitt romney saying we being present will fix everything. -- me being present will fix everything. i think he has laid out an agenda that will get things moving again. in terms of the fiscal clip, i think you are right to be concerned. i do think we will avoid it. i think both sides agree sequestration is bad, but it is also difficult on domestic programs as well. there are ways to avoid it. it will be very different obviously if the democrats prevail that not only reelt the president but will take both houses. i do think we will avoid the fiscal clef. it will take an election to break the stalemate. while a lot o
that if he is elected president, we will see a gained, and yet this other calller stated earlier that mcconnell from day one said he would block anything the president does. if he is gone to do that, we see there is nothing getting done. mitt romney is president and says without even doing anything, there is planned to be an increase. this is crazy. i cannot believe we are living in america and hearing this. this shows who he really is. >> first of all, i am not sure -- i do not recall...
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and jodie says, mitch mcconnell said he hopes the president will fail. that is all they have, all. -- hope. from d.w. -- the focus should be on the think tanks. the republicans more so than anyone else. think tank speaker the republican party. -- think tank speak for the republican party. you can send us an e-mail at the journal@c-span.org or to in the conversation at twitter.com/c- spanwj. good morning, jake. caller: yes, sir. i would have to say that, as far as mitt romney and rick santorum, it seems like the republicans are trying to turn america from a democracy to a theocracy. they have got so much religion in their politics and it is kind of scary, really. i mean, if you look at the other countries like iran and saudi arabia, anybody that has a fifth grade education knows that the mormon thatis and garbage. -- the mormon religion is garbage. rick santorum, this guy is just nuts, dude. telling people that colleges are indoctrinating people. teaching them sacks and knowledge and he wants them indoctrinated with methodology and santa claus. host: appr
and jodie says, mitch mcconnell said he hopes the president will fail. that is all they have, all. -- hope. from d.w. -- the focus should be on the think tanks. the republicans more so than anyone else. think tank speaker the republican party. -- think tank speak for the republican party. you can send us an e-mail at the journal@c-span.org or to in the conversation at twitter.com/c- spanwj. good morning, jake. caller: yes, sir. i would have to say that, as far as mitt romney and rick santorum,...
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host: read extend the olive branch to john boehner and mitch mcconnell ahead of a lame duck. i look to the challenges that we have had that i reach up to my republican colleagues in the senate and the house. let us come together, we know what the issues are, let us solve them he told an audience and the ballroom at the capitol hill hotel. there will have to hash out a deal by the end of the year to avert the vesco cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts. slated to begin in 2013. ron in ohio, good morning. give us your take on last night's election or yesterday's election. caller: good morning, sir. i do have respect for the office. i am not a fan of the obama curator previous caller proves what i am going to say. i think that mr. romney choosing paul ryan made the decision for me. the tea party overstepped their bounds. the overstepped. i couldn't allow that to happen to america. i love my country. it just went too far. for 10 years of president reagan opposed the administration there were still blaming jimmy carter for everything. historically, president obama things. bush for
host: read extend the olive branch to john boehner and mitch mcconnell ahead of a lame duck. i look to the challenges that we have had that i reach up to my republican colleagues in the senate and the house. let us come together, we know what the issues are, let us solve them he told an audience and the ballroom at the capitol hill hotel. there will have to hash out a deal by the end of the year to avert the vesco cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts. slated to begin in 2013. ron in ohio, good...
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literary life with "book tv" on mitch mcconnell and offered on rebuilding american politics, the internet revolution. sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv," three weeks of plantation would be key in shaping lincoln's views on slavery. to were the plantation today. also, the heyday of the ohio river. take a look on the belle of louisville. once a month, the local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across the country. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our roundtable focusing on presidential politics. 100 days before the election. michael bocian is a democratic strategist. good morning. ed goes is a republican strategist. let me begin with the peace that was out about mitt romney. one of the tabloids calling it mixed with a rocky start, even by some republican strategists. they cannot figure out why mitt romney said what he did. guest: you look at what he said, it is understandable. saying it when he said it, there are questions on that. it did not have the front pages. i did not build it. even though the obama campaign tried to respond and
literary life with "book tv" on mitch mcconnell and offered on rebuilding american politics, the internet revolution. sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv," three weeks of plantation would be key in shaping lincoln's views on slavery. to were the plantation today. also, the heyday of the ohio river. take a look on the belle of louisville. once a month, the local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across the country. >>...
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certainly not going to make any of these advances with the pt romney or speaker boehner or a leader mcconnell. so you have to do the hard work during an election cycle to ensure that those majorities are attained and obama is reelected and then it's time to go to work as soon as the election is over to get some good things past. host: we're talking with raven brooks executive director of net roots nation talking to us from rhode island talking about progressives and online act vism and if you would like to get involved please give us a call. the numbers are on the bottom of your screen. we look forward to reading some of your earn mail as we will. tell us how in your thoughts, your opinions how has online activism progressed through the two election cycles that we've had so far? guest: well, it's really grown a whole lot. it was pioneered back under howard dean and then barack obama really refined it in the 2008 election to where you were really seeing a lot of stuff integrated. some of the really interesting stuff that's happening in this election cycle is you're seeing a lot of money being
certainly not going to make any of these advances with the pt romney or speaker boehner or a leader mcconnell. so you have to do the hard work during an election cycle to ensure that those majorities are attained and obama is reelected and then it's time to go to work as soon as the election is over to get some good things past. host: we're talking with raven brooks executive director of net roots nation talking to us from rhode island talking about progressives and online act vism and if you...
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able to get the support of house speaker john boehner and the minority leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, yesterday. this headline -- and below that -- a couple of callers have brought this up already about the first lady's travel. here is "the washington times" opinion this morning. host: that is a "the washington times" opinion page this morning. we told you mitt romney speaking in north carolina. let me give you the time, it is about 3:40. what is your take on washington culture and these alleged misconducts by gsa and as a good service? caller: i feel that what they said, the gsa first of all, i believe that everyone deserves a vacation from their jobs. i worked many years and i was entitled to two weeks vacation a year. i got paid for two weeks vacation. i was allowed to spend that money the way i wanted to. i believe this is what the federal government, anybody who works for the federal government, should be paid on the hours they work. and they should be compensated for our vacation time based on their salaries. but it seems like everybody gets to washington. these politicians all
able to get the support of house speaker john boehner and the minority leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, yesterday. this headline -- and below that -- a couple of callers have brought this up already about the first lady's travel. here is "the washington times" opinion this morning. host: that is a "the washington times" opinion page this morning. we told you mitt romney speaking in north carolina. let me give you the time, it is about 3:40. what is your take on...
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mcconnell, they are only trying to make mr. obama look bad. they said that from day one. when the president was being sworn in, they had a private meeting in washington. only hours after he was sworn in, they want to destroy him. like the lady said, is a black man with no record and they want to make one. host: this is from this morning's open " washington post." host: back to the phones. steve is on the one for democrats. go ahead. caller: the have to drop this year colder deal. he has done nothing wrong. he has done -- they have to drop this eric holder deal. he has done nothing wrong. issa is an idiot, and out and out it. they are going after him, try to make obama look bad. i am a white man and obama is the best thing that ever happened to us. and they ought to get off of this. one border agent died and what happened over in afghanistan and iraq -- look at how many soldiers died over there because of george bush's the legal wars. george bush and cheney and all of his people. host: let me ask you this, looking at the november election, do you think that raising fast an
mcconnell, they are only trying to make mr. obama look bad. they said that from day one. when the president was being sworn in, they had a private meeting in washington. only hours after he was sworn in, they want to destroy him. like the lady said, is a black man with no record and they want to make one. host: this is from this morning's open " washington post." host: back to the phones. steve is on the one for democrats. go ahead. caller: the have to drop this year colder deal. he...
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mcconnell publicly said that my number one job is to defeat obama. we know politically -- i understand that politically. but to say that publicly and to act that's out has to be very embarrassing from john boehner not to be able to deliver his caucus. something karl rove said, and he was right, he said the tea party is going to ruin the republican party. they don't believe in compromise. you would've thought they would have read history and look at newt gingrich in 1994 and 1995 when at that time he would have been considered something like a tea party person wanting to close down the government. but cooler heads prevailed. senator dole and others reeled him in and said you cannot do this because if you shut down the government, government contractors, private-sector people, were going to lose a lot of money. the final point i will make is i can see in the debate where someone will ask the question in the presidential debates, "the country is tired of gridlock, what can you do to improve you can work with the other side of ove youle -- to apppr can w
mcconnell publicly said that my number one job is to defeat obama. we know politically -- i understand that politically. but to say that publicly and to act that's out has to be very embarrassing from john boehner not to be able to deliver his caucus. something karl rove said, and he was right, he said the tea party is going to ruin the republican party. they don't believe in compromise. you would've thought they would have read history and look at newt gingrich in 1994 and 1995 when at that...
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"mitch mcconnell said we want to make a may one-term presidents." -- we want to make him a one- term president." they are doing wind energy all wrong. less bow.m was bel i don't give my enemies good ideas. guest: thank you. it is unfortunate we refer to people as enemies. wind energy has been a bone in texas. -- has been a boon for texas. these wind turbines are helping farmers and ranchers. host: this is from "the washington post," a comparison among the candidates. host: has the push for renewable energy been dampened by republican criticism of the solyndra? guest: i think trying to politicize cylinder was a mistake -- to publicize solyndra was a mistake. we have 5000 solar companies in this country that are doing well. people are helping to build solar facilities around the country. an industry that made $137 billion in profits continues to get a handout from hard-working americans that are struggling to pay the bills and struggling to keep a senior in a health-care facility. they should not be required to spend one more dime to do that. host: welcome. caller: you look terrific to
"mitch mcconnell said we want to make a may one-term presidents." -- we want to make him a one- term president." they are doing wind energy all wrong. less bow.m was bel i don't give my enemies good ideas. guest: thank you. it is unfortunate we refer to people as enemies. wind energy has been a bone in texas. -- has been a boon for texas. these wind turbines are helping farmers and ranchers. host: this is from "the washington post," a comparison among the candidates....
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they have blocked just about everything he has tried to do, starting with mitch mcconnell giving a little speech. my job is to make this 01-term president. he has tried really hard to do that. luckily, believe mr. clinton has successfully taken care of that. kful bama better be havthan he is not debating mr. clinton. host: deal in misery. here are some tweets we received this morning. -- neil in missouri. the other party created amount of debt. here is jim hav. clinton's speech was no surprise to anyone, was it? this is gary, obama is a troubled if he said he is willing to share the spotlight with president clinton. that was finally. here is more of bill clinton from last night. >> now, we all know he also tried to work with congressional republicans on health care, debt reduction, and new jobs. that did not work out so well. . [laughter] it could have been because of the senate republican leaders said in a remarkable moment of candor, to full years before the election their number one priority was not to put america back to work, it was to put the president out of work. [applause] ait a
they have blocked just about everything he has tried to do, starting with mitch mcconnell giving a little speech. my job is to make this 01-term president. he has tried really hard to do that. luckily, believe mr. clinton has successfully taken care of that. kful bama better be havthan he is not debating mr. clinton. host: deal in misery. here are some tweets we received this morning. -- neil in missouri. the other party created amount of debt. here is jim hav. clinton's speech was no surprise...
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., candy crowley welcomes a senior adviser to the campaign, david axelrod, then governors bob mcconnell, a virginia republican and duvall patrick, massachusetts democrat. also on the program, agriculture secretary tom vilsack. face the nation from cbs follows at 4:00 p.m. eastern with host bob schiffer talking with house budget committee chairman republican congressman paul ryan. then stephanie qatar, obama for america deputy campaign manager, along with kevin madden, senior adviser to the romney campaign. that's five network talk shows beginning at noon eastern time brought to you as a public service by the networks and cnn spavment. the lineup again, noon eastern, nbc's meet the press, 1:00 abc's this week, two, fox news sunday, 3:00, state of the union, and at 4:00, face the nation, from cbs. listen to them all on c-span radio, washington, d.c. area, nationwide on xm satellite radio. find us at channel 119. listen on your blackberry, download the iphone app or go online to c-span radio.org. >> when you realize that these armies or remnants of armies were not coming to his aid but wer
., candy crowley welcomes a senior adviser to the campaign, david axelrod, then governors bob mcconnell, a virginia republican and duvall patrick, massachusetts democrat. also on the program, agriculture secretary tom vilsack. face the nation from cbs follows at 4:00 p.m. eastern with host bob schiffer talking with house budget committee chairman republican congressman paul ryan. then stephanie qatar, obama for america deputy campaign manager, along with kevin madden, senior adviser to the...
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i am very tired of hearing its mcconnell saying no matter what obama puts before us, much like it down. that is not what this country needs. let's get the gridlock out of washington. and the candidates better address it. it is important to me. , a democrat from kentucky things jon huntsman may surprise the media. michael from alexandria, virginia -- as we have been sharing with you, the latest surveys from suffolk university and channel 7 news, taking a look at polling, new hampshire, this is how would ranks today. mr. romney, 33% -- this was taken january 7-8 -- followed by dr. paul, 20%, jon huntsman, 13%, newt gingrich at 11%, rick santorum, 10%, rick perry, 1%, undecided voters also weighing in, coming in at 12%. new jersey, laurie -- maury, democrats' line. caller: thank you so much for taking my call. i am really very much disappointed in the republicans. you know, i came to this country from foreign place years ago, almost 34 years ago, and i came here because of what america stood for, one of which is simple execution of the democratic principles and the republicans have totall
i am very tired of hearing its mcconnell saying no matter what obama puts before us, much like it down. that is not what this country needs. let's get the gridlock out of washington. and the candidates better address it. it is important to me. , a democrat from kentucky things jon huntsman may surprise the media. michael from alexandria, virginia -- as we have been sharing with you, the latest surveys from suffolk university and channel 7 news, taking a look at polling, new hampshire, this is...
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. -- the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, sadly, is almost always in opposition to protection. those who say these things are job killers, it is just not true. we save lives and create money and create jobs creating new technology. president obama and the senate blocked almost every effort to block the clean air and clean water act. host: someone asks, what is the stance on nuclear-powerr? guest: it has been around for more than 50 years. we all agree it is a community we should not be subsidizing using taxpayer money. host: let's go back at the map, looking at how the members of congress rank environmental it. who are some of the high achievers? what are some of the delegations making environmentally conscious decisions? guest: the highest are connecticut, hawaii, vermont, rhode island, massachusetts, and the state of maine. those are leaders. from some of those states have come the biggest champions on our issues. we want more champions. one example is ed markey. he is an important leader and champion. our job is to make sure we score the votes, and also give a shout out to
. -- the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, sadly, is almost always in opposition to protection. those who say these things are job killers, it is just not true. we save lives and create money and create jobs creating new technology. president obama and the senate blocked almost every effort to block the clean air and clean water act. host: someone asks, what is the stance on nuclear-powerr? guest: it has been around for more than 50 years. we all agree it is a community we should not be...
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in the last debate, scott brown would not commit to supporting mitch mcconnell as senate majority leader. she will try to tie him to the republican party. in the last the great -- in the last debate with scott brown, he said that justice scalia was a model for him, and elizabeth warren hit him hard on that. scott brown has said that the conservative is an ideal justice for him. host: why are people paying attention to this race? guest: this is one of the closest races in the country. scott brown is one of two vulnerable republican incumbent senators, up for reelection this year. the other one being dean heller in nevada. scott brown has been ahead in some. we've kind of seen consistently her being a few points up over scott brown. there was one poll out this week that was considered encouraging for brown, showing him up again, possibly, and apparently as a result of mitt romney's debate performance. mitt romney, being a former governor of massachusetts, is very unpopular in the state. most polls have showed him lagging obama by a huge margin. this poll shows up he has made some ground --
in the last debate, scott brown would not commit to supporting mitch mcconnell as senate majority leader. she will try to tie him to the republican party. in the last the great -- in the last debate with scott brown, he said that justice scalia was a model for him, and elizabeth warren hit him hard on that. scott brown has said that the conservative is an ideal justice for him. host: why are people paying attention to this race? guest: this is one of the closest races in the country. scott...
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you have leaders on the republican side, like mitch mcconnell, who said at the outset of this congress that is number one goal is not creating jobs, but defeating president obama. it is true that lens that republicans and congress look through when they are making decisions. anything they do that against president obama at a victory -- is why they fought us on the payroll tax extension, the debt ceiling issue, the budget -- they refused to work with us because they know any success that we have makes it more likely he will get reelected. that is a sad commentary. you may be confusing who said we should not do anything about the real-estate market. it was actually mitt romney in nevada. we should just let investors scooped up the properties, turn them around, and sell them. let the markets take care of itself. that shows a callous disregard for people who need their banks to work with them on working out their mortgages. in florida, 45% of homeowners are upside down. in nevada, it is 75%. we need to make sure we have a president in the white house who has supported housing programs thro
you have leaders on the republican side, like mitch mcconnell, who said at the outset of this congress that is number one goal is not creating jobs, but defeating president obama. it is true that lens that republicans and congress look through when they are making decisions. anything they do that against president obama at a victory -- is why they fought us on the payroll tax extension, the debt ceiling issue, the budget -- they refused to work with us because they know any success that we have...
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because on day one, mitch mcconnell said he wanted to make president obama a one-term president. then the republicans signed a pledge with grover nor quist saying no new taxes, no matter what. but most importantly, when people say president obama had the first two years and everything, the most important thing he had was the filibuster used against him more times on this president than any other president in history. but i still believe, after all those obstacles, we still are moving forward, and there's no way we want to start all over and go back. host: leroy, thanks for the call. the lead story in this morning's "new york times," consumers push economic output to a gain of 2%, better than expected. housing recovery and defense orders also fueled the third quarter. host: back to the phones. rebecca is calling us from cincinnati this morning. she's on our line for republicans. she's optimistic. go ahead, rebecca. caller: yes. the season will grow due to the fact that i heard over a month ago that wal-mart for christmas would be training in october 50,000 people, 40,000 for kohl'
because on day one, mitch mcconnell said he wanted to make president obama a one-term president. then the republicans signed a pledge with grover nor quist saying no new taxes, no matter what. but most importantly, when people say president obama had the first two years and everything, the most important thing he had was the filibuster used against him more times on this president than any other president in history. but i still believe, after all those obstacles, we still are moving forward,...